Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun – The Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun, developed by the founders of the Nan Hua Zen Buddhist Society, was the first exclusively electronic ministry on the Internet. The priests of ZBOHY follow the ancient teachings of Hui Neng and Lin Chi and the modern teachings of Hsu Yun. The Sangha has no dues or fees of any kind, neither do we accept donations of any kind. Our site is maintained by volunteers all over the world in a spirit of service. Precepts are given free of charge to correspondents who have demonstrated a sincere desire to follow the Buddha's EightFold Path.

All One Cloth

by Yao Xiang Shakya
June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

We are all one cloth. We all are powered from somewhere else. Consider it. All one power grid or separate bits and pieces… Read More »All One Cloth

June Morning Sitting

by Yao Xiang Shakya
May 27, 2023June 5, 2023

Good Morning – Welcome to A Single Thread Morning Sitting. We will NOT be sitting Monday May 29 – Memorial Day Please take a moment to remember… Read More »June Morning Sitting

If You Do not Think There Are Demons…Just Wait ‘til Someone Slights You?

by Yao Xiang Shakya
May 27, 2023

Demon-ghosts: Torments in the Mind Watch how you blame the world and other for your misery. Although I have been practicing Buddhism for a long… Read More »If You Do not Think There Are Demons…Just Wait ‘til Someone Slights You?

Accept and Appreciate

by Yao Xiang Shakya
May 23, 2023

Acceptance No matter what you think about anyone else’s mistake Keep it to yourself. Don’t mention a word of it even into your own ear.… Read More »Accept and Appreciate

Do you tend to dominate? This is for YOU!

by Yao Xiang Shakya
May 15, 2023

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Do You Think You are Better Than or Worse Than Someone Else?

by Yao Xiang Shakya
May 13, 2023May 13, 2023

Equanimity, is the Antidote to Jealousy, Envy and Thinking You Are Better or Worse Than Someone Else Equanimity is the wisdom to know the transient… Read More »Do You Think You are Better Than or Worse Than Someone Else?

A Poem to Take to Heart

by Yao Xiang Shakya
May 4, 2023

The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There Then, Once and Now… EF Hulsizer, 2004 It is just a matter of hitting the bell, closing the… Read More »A Poem to Take to Heart

A Person of the Way Fundamentally Does Not Dwell Anywhere

by Yao Xiang Shakya
April 29, 2023April 29, 2023

December 27, 2020, Falling Off the World A cold morning below a shimmering gray-cloud illusion above. To the East, the illusion splits apart letting the… Read More »A Person of the Way Fundamentally Does Not Dwell Anywhere

We play with Paste by Emily Dickinson, 1862

by Yao Xiang Shakya
April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

We play at Paste – We play at Paste – Till qualified, for Pearl – Then, drop the Paste – And deem Ourself a fool… Read More »We play with Paste by Emily Dickinson, 1862

Dog on Ice

by Yao Xiang Shakya
April 12, 2023April 14, 2023

…despite the impossibility of tracing back a single effect to a single cause, human nature allows for no other response to an event…. there… Read More »Dog on Ice

TRENDS

by Yao Xiang Shakya
March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

I read this morning that the early Christian church took on the laws and structures of the Roman state. It was when persecutions of Christians… Read More »TRENDS